Carolina Cats

10/01/2026

Ed is missing his snuggle buddy, Ariel, who is very ill and has been in hospital at CVETS since Saturday. He’s also missing a back leg to hemangiosarcoma, but judging by how he leaps all over everything I think he’s forgotten he ever had two back legs. He decided to quietly enjoy the sunshine this morning. 16 months since his surgery - a miracle for this type of cancer.

10/01/2026

❤️🙏 ARIEL IS STILL CRITICAL AND NEEDS ALL YOUR PRAYERS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT❤️🙏
Poor little Ariel, only 5 or 6 yrs old, bravely tried to sit up a little yesterday and even stood up once or twice rather wobbly and needing support but she wanted to get to the churu I was holding and ended up eating a whole one, but today her electrolytes were worsening - low calcium, elevated sodium, her red count was decreasing in spite of the transfusion, she is still very jaundiced and she was mostly recumbent and had no interest in food at all. Her blood pressure was a bit better and her creatinine is stable, however. She has a stone in the right kidney and a renal cortical cyst in the other, and her ultrasound yesterday concluded acute on chronic kidney injury due to severe infection and/or inflammation. An esophageal feeding tube to help remedy the jaundice is unfortunately out of the question as she is not stable enough to tolerate anesthesia, but a nasal tube has been considered instead if she improves.
Bill is at least $8,000. $68 in donations so far.
Donate direct to our account at CVETS (Carolina Cats, for Ariel); or
Paypal.me/carocats
Venmo
Cash app $karocats
Check: P.O. Box 5465, Columbia SC 29250

09/29/2026

09/29/2026

SWEET ARIEL NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS
AND SUPPORT - Facebook disappeared our post from yesterday, so we had to start over.
Estimate for her care is now $8,000+!
You can donate direct to CVETS (Carolina Cats, for Ariel); or
Paypal.me/carocats
Venmo
Cash app $karocats
Check: P.O. Box 5465, Columbia SC 29250

Ariel has been hospitalized at CVETS since Saturday with renal issues, anemia and jaundice. She had a transfusion Saturday and her hematocrit increased satisfactory, but she still has fluctuating heart and blood pressure issues, bilirubin and creatinine have increased again and she now has low calcium. She is of course on heat support, antibiotics and other medications, and last night she did eat a little churro and drink water on her own but tonight she seemed more out of it. We are still awaiting results of culture and sensitivity of her urine as she had a UTI, and she will hopefully be getting an ultrasound tomorrow to see what else might be going on. These additional diagnostics and treatments have now more or less doubled the original $4K estimate.The two estimates are posted in the comments. We have only received one donation so far for which we are, of course, very thankful, but this is our third cat in the last couple of months hospitalized at CVETS, and our second that needed a transfusion. Ariel was restless last night, but her tech removed some clips that were part of the heart monitoring as they were agitating her, and she was calmer this evening. Ariel is only 5 or 6 years old and we couldn’t just give up on her. She can’t seem to catch a break poor girl – she was dumped at a fully TNR’d colony we monitor along with a number of other cats shortly after the colony feeder died. We took all of them in because they were not feral, including Ariel’s three little kittens. One of her kittens, who are all now grown up, also has some similar health issues to her mama, so we need to get her seen by our vet too, before her condition progresses.
Please donate if you can, and please like and share. Ariel and her little family and friends thank you.

09/27/2026

Prayers needed for Ariel, only 5 or 6 yrs old, hospitalized at CVETS this afternoon after losing a lot of weight recently. Bloodwork at Cherokee Trails Wednesday that showed major renal issues, fairly severe anemia and high white count. She also has either severe stomatitis or an oral tumor. She was weak but responsive when she went in but has apparently deteriorated despite a blood transfusion - her blood sugar is now critically low and they are having difficulty maintaining it. Ariel (not feral) was dumped at our FA colony a couple of years ago - we took her and her 3 kittens in. Estimate is $4000+. Any donations much appreciated:
Direct to CVETS (Carolina Cats, for Ariel); or
Paypal.me/carocats
Venmo
Cash app $karocats
Check: P.O. Box 5465, Columbia SC 29250

09/18/2026

L’il Smokie cleft palate kitty is extra special. She was 30 feet up in a tree at the Devine Street Food Lion meowing for help louder than a tornado siren. Called around and firemen went up with their ladder and rescued her. I only went to get milk - didn’t need another kitty at my age with many special needs rescues to care for already, but too dangerous to leave her there and who could ignore such a precious baby? Amazing how one so small could get up there! Lucky I rescued her, too - she turned out to have a cleft palate and needed special feeding care as she sneezed food and liquid out of her nose. Cleft palate repair is expensive, but miraculously Smokie’s cleft closed by itself after several weeks, which is unheard of. She still sneezes water so she will be checked out when she is spayed soon. Send her some churus or gems and donations for spay (hoping cleft surgery isn’t needed).

09/18/2026

Nitey night from Marty ❤️ This is so much cozier than the drainpipe at the Chinese.

09/18/2026

Mooney wants the ribbon snake. She was dumped outside a restaurant near one of our colonies, screaming her head off. We thought she was badly injured. Turned out she was just madly in heat! Fixed now, of course.

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09/17/2026

Blackfoot, Tom and Midnight eating dinner at the colony. All lived there 10 years or more. Last year one of our feeders took Tom in. And there’s Tuxie again in the undergrowth!

09/17/2026

If I fits, I sits. Goldie, FIP survivor, in a Friskies box. Dumped at the colony a few years ago - nervous but not really feral. Mama to Fiona and Rory.